Q. I live near Charleston, S.C., and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been severed and ...

Animals with blue eyes are a rare occurrence in nature due to being linked to recessive genetics, mutations, and specific genes. Despite that, many species still have beautifully rich blue eyes. While ...

Blue is one of the rarest colors in the animal kingdom, and unlike other pigments found in nature, most blue creatures don’t actually produce blue pigment. Instead, their color comes from structural ...

Most of the time animals are green, black or grey but in some parts of the world a few very rare animals shine in bright shades of blue who look so magical that they almost feel unreal. Blue in nature ...

Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses, and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty. But in many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most ...

It was a stormy March morning in 2019 off Australia's Western Coast, when whale researcher John Totterdell and his students caught sight of the chase in the water. The scene was a blur. The first ...

Q. I live near Charleston, South Carolina, and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been ...